ESPN and Verizon reach settlement in subscription lawsuit

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- ESPN and Verizon have reached a settlement, a little more than a year after the sports media giant filed a lawsuit over a plan that lets customers pick the channels they receive.

Terms of the settlement, which was announced by both sides on Tuesday, were not disclosed.

ESPN, which is owned by Disney, sued Verizon in April 2015, alleging that the telecommunications company breached its contract with a plan that would allow FiOS customers to pick which channels they receive -- a model that many viewed as a pre-cursor to a la carte service.

Verizon's pricing plan, known as "Custom TV," originally offered a base bundle of 35 channels, along with a choice of seven additional bundles based on categories of programming.

ESPN was included in Verizon's sports bundle, but not in the base 35-channel package -- a point of contention in the lawsuit.